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Most of the registrars have been acquired by other companies and are only the previous name for marketing purposes. I am not happy with any of the US or EU reg
by LinuxBender 8y ago
Most of the registrars have been acquired by other companies and are only the previous name for marketing purposes. I am not happy with any of the US or EU registrars beyond Mark Monitor, and MM are not meant for hobby domains/users.
Do you prefer US or EU? For US, you might try out Cloudflare or Amazon route53. I don't care for either of them, but others I know have been happy using them.
When you get your domains back and if you can afford it, you can pay for up to 10 years. Most registrars will give a discount. If they offer more than 10 years, don't do it. 10 years is the hard limit, which means you would have to trust that registrar stays in business more than 10 years and most will not.
- kevingrahl 8y agoThanks for the input! I heard good things about MM and would love to use them but I’m not exactly their target audience. I’d prefer an EU based registrar, any suggestions there? As soon as I have my domain back (or a new one) I’ll definitely pay some years in advance from now on.
- LinuxBender 8y agoFor EU, I've heard many good things about OVH, but I have never used them. Also quite a few folks here on HN have said good things about OVH in EU.
- markvdb 8y agoGandi. Fairly low pricing, very FOSS friendly, often actually knowledgeable support that you don't have to hit with a baseball bat before they get a clue (unlike OVH).
- Aeolun 8y agoI’ve had my domains on transip.eu (or .nl for me) for years and have never had any issues.